Twice the Windows - now with half the screen!
You can already hook up two screens to one computer, doubling your screen space. Now, Microsoft Research in India is working on doing the opposite, and splitting one screen into two. Each half of the screen would run it’s own operating system, with separate desktops, applications, cursors, keyboards, and everything else an operating system uses. The processor is split, so that two copies of Windows run on either half of the screen. That way, two people could use one computer simultaneously.
Each person can even move their cursor to the other side, so it is now much simpler to annoy the person working next to you or ruin/steal their work.
They hope to cut computer costs for schools and businesses, or even families that share one computer. Now instead of waiting your turn, you can look at porn on one side while your mother does her work on the other.
[Via Download Squad]
Serpentish
May 6, 2007 @ 8:42 pm
That’s kind of sexist. How do you know my mom isn’t the one looking at porn and I’m not the one doing work?
masterledz
May 6, 2007 @ 9:05 pm
So now you can punch your mom sitting right next to you as she kicks your ass in Counter-strike. No more bitching and moaning through Teamspeak.
Dexter345
May 7, 2007 @ 11:29 am
I never had that issue. If my mom was using the computer I’d just be like, “Mom, go do the dishes! It’s time for me to watch some porno and masturbate in the family room!” If there weren’t actually dishes to do I’d take some out and smear moldy cheese on them.